It turns out that Yang Yu and Qi Wu have always been famous for abiding by Zhou etiquette, and Zhao Ying especially respects the two and regards them as life mentors. However, due to the civil strife in the Qi family, the Bank of China clan took the opportunity to stretch out a black hand, and the two major families were wiped out overnight. Zhao Ying was shocked, and couldn't help but start worrying about the future of the family.

Zhao Ying went to see Dong Anyu in despair and asked him how to change. Dong Anyu said: "Qi Guo Chen and Lu Guo Ji can serve as role models for masters. ”

Since then, Zhao has completely changed his worldview, from an ultra-conservative to an ultra-radical and a utilitarian through and through. After studying the practices of the rebels and thieves of the nations, he said: "Those people are too outdated, and in my opinion they are still too conservative. I will not imitate them, but let others follow my example. ”

At that time, population was still a scarce resource and was the object of contention among major powers. The Zhao clan's Zongyi Jinyang (near present-day Taiyuan, Shanxi) has been a mixed place for many years, and the surrounding area is sparsely populated and poorly populated.

In order to obtain a large number of laborers, Zhao Ying tried his best. In addition to war plunder, he also expanded the size of the leased land. It turned out that the area of one mu in the Jin Kingdom at that time was about 100 steps by 200 steps; Zhao Ying stipulated that each mu was 120 steps multiplied by 240 steps, which exceeded the metric system of the Jin State by more than 40%. People (both nationals and foreigners) leased a large amount of land from him, but they paid the same amount of taxes as they did elsewhere, so the people returned to him like a tide.

You know, "making weights and measures" is one of the supreme powers of the state. Zhao Ying's blatant change of the mu system specification is to regard his own mining as a country within a country (although many secretaries have expanded the mu system specification, but they are not as radical as Zhao Ying).

In the second year after the destruction of the Yangyu and Qi clans, Zhao Ying and Zhong Xingyin published the first written law of the Jin State (some believe that the mastermind behind this action was Shi Ying, and his purpose was to attack the Chinese general Wei Shu, because Wei Shu was an out-and-out royalist), and in the name of the law, the power to make weights and measures was granted to the state secretary (and so on, and a lot of content that damaged the monarchy), thus systematically depriving the monarch of some powers. No wonder Confucius gritted his teeth with hatred for Erqing after hearing about it.

Zhao Ying also decided to build Jinyang into an impregnable fortress, and he appointed Yin Duo, a thoughtful, rigorous, loyal and upright minister, as the governor of Jinyang. Before Yin Duo took office, he asked Zhao Ying: "Does the master want to use Jinyang as a source of taxes or a last place of refuge?" ”

Zhao said: "A place of refuge. ”

After Yin Duo took office, he lowered the taxes of the Jinyang people, and strengthened the Jinyang city wall and palace city. He put bronze on the outside of the pillars in the palace, making them look gorgeous and extravagant. Many accused him of extravagance and wastefulness and blatantly violated Zhao Ying's orders. But he smiled and said, "When you start fighting, you will understand." Yin Duo also built several granaries and collected a large number of bamboo, wood, and pu poles (which could be used to make arrow shafts).

Some of Zhao Ying's enumerated actions caused a strong reaction from Shi Ying, and he began to exclude and suppress Zhao Ying on various occasions, creating contradictions between the doctors and Zhao Ying.

After Le Qi was detained, Zhao Ying's image and confidence were hit. Zhao Ying's young position is low, and his power is not as good as the other party; He had to endure humiliation and accumulate strength in secret.

Shi Ying didn't care what kind of bad consequences his actions would bring to the Jin Kingdom, and just willfully used this incident to suppress Zhao Ying.

Song Jinggong did not expect that the people of the Jin Kingdom would respond to his kindness with such vicious means—as if they didn't care about this precious loyalty—and suddenly fell into a state of confusion.

Chen Yin soon returned to Shangqiu and reported the incident to Lehui. Le Wei was greatly flustered and was ready to ask Song Jinggong to come forward to help him rescue his father. Chen Yin said, "Impossible." The ministers had all refused to accept the mission to the Jin Kingdom before, and now it was even more impossible for them to carry out this laborious task. Doing so will only make things more difficult for the monarch. ”

Le Wei knew that what Chen Yin said was correct, but he couldn't stop making a request to Song Jinggong because it was "impossible". He changed into a coarse linen robe, draped his hair loosely, and crawled from the palace gate to Song Jingcheng's bedroom while crying uncharacteristically.

Song Jinggong was very sympathetic to Le Wei, and shed a lot of tears with him, and at the same time he did feel particularly embarrassed - but he did not call the ministers because he felt embarrassed.

Seeing Song Jinggong, Right Master Le Daxin said: "It's not that the minister doesn't want to save Dr. Le, but this matter is categorically impossible!" The reason for Fan's detention of Dr. Le was not because of Dr. Le's rudeness, but because of his power struggle with Zhao Ying. The Fan family is in power, so he has the ability to detain Dr. Le. If he heeded the minister's request and released Dr. Le, Dr. Le would inevitably help Zhao Ying deal with Fan Ying, so wouldn't he admit that he had done wrong, admit his failure, and send an ally to Zhao Ying? That's why the minister said it was not feasible. ”

The reasons for the resignation of the other ministers were similar to those of Le Daxin. They all think that it is better to take a cold approach to the matter, once Le Qi loses the value of being used, the problem will naturally be solved.

As a result, no one expected that Le Qi's "use value" would be so great and last so long that there was no sign of his release after two years of captivity. During this time, he was held without any charges or trial, and was held in this way without explanation. During the process, Chen Yin has been back and forth with Jin and Song, taking care of Le Qi while transmitting news.

Shi Ying's idea was actually very simple, he thought that Zhao Ying would come to see him in private and intercede for Le Qi in a low voice; Then he could wave his hand generously and say, "Ah, Le Qi's loyalty is really nothing compared to his petty selfishness, with the master asking for him, what kind of problem can't be solved?" Just let it all pass! I will ask the prince to release him. "In this way, the crisis of diplomacy and infighting will be perfectly resolved.

This is a solution that everyone except Zhao Ying is happy with. But his wishful thinking was too simple, and Zhao Ying's temperament was as strong and unacceptable as his great-grandfather Zhao Shuo. He once asked Han Buxin and Wei Manduo for help, and both of them said that they could not help, and both persuaded him to go directly to Shi Ying. Of course, Zhao Ying knew that it was the most direct and effective solution, but he always refused to meet the villain.

The incident caused great damage to the relations between the Jin and Song dynasties, and also greatly damaged the image of the Jin state in the hearts of the allies. Some people even compared Shi Ying to the sac tile of the Jin State, asserting that the Jin State would inevitably suffer a heavy blow from foreign enemies like the Chu State; The reputation of the martingale at home and abroad is also getting more and more stinky.